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Sun Nov 7, 2021, 12:50 PM Nov 2021

What's next for Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers? [View all]

The NFL will investigate how strictly COVID protocols have been implemented because Rodgers has been spotted not wearing a mask during some indoor press conferences with reporters at Lambeau Field. Unvaccinated players are required to wear masks at their club facility and while traveling.

"He has, in his words, been 'immunized' which is he's sought a holistic or homeopathic treatment to try to raise his antibody levels and then went to the NFL and the NFLPA (Players Association) and their joint doctors to get what is essentially an exemption," ‘NFL Insider’ Ian Rapoport said in an interview with CNN.

"He tried to get them to say: 'OK, because of where your antibody levels are, you are allowed to say that you are vaccinated.'
The NFL, the NFLPA and joint doctors did not allow that
so he was officially ruled to be unvaccinated. That is the reality, that is why Aaron Rodgers, despite sort of leading the public to believe that he is vaccinated, his official status is that he did not receive the Covid-19 vaccination."

The NFL said it is reviewing the situation. "Failure to properly enforce the protocols has resulted in discipline being assessed against individual Clubs in the past. The league is aware of the current situation in Green Bay and will be reviewing with the Packers."
The fines an unvaccinated player can face for breaching Covid-19 protocols can be steep.
Gathering outside of the team facility or team travel in groups of more than three players can result in
a fine of $14,650.
Engaging in in-person meetings, practices and training activities outside of team facilities with other players or staff is also punishable by
a $14,650 fine.
Attending an indoor nightclub, an indoor bar ... are punishable with
a $14,650 fine.
As of 2021, Aaron Rodgers’ net worth is an estimated $120 million

CNN sports analyst Christine Brennan told "The Lead with Jake Tapper.":

&quot Rodgers) could be fined by the National Football League, but it's a little slap on the wrist. He could also be suspended. The odds are that it will be more the Packers that are looked at and get some kind of a fine. My guess is it will be a fine."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/07/sport/aaron-rodgers-covid-19-follow-up-spt-intl/index.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/much-green-bay-packers-star-140113470.html

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